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CVE-2016-8614

Published: Jul 31, 2018 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
6.8 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
6.3 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8614
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/320.html

A flaw was found in Ansible before version 2.2.0. The apt_key module does not properly verify key fingerprints, allowing remote adversary to create an OpenPGP key which matches the short key ID and inject this key instead of the correct key.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Ansible Redhat * 2.2.0 (excluding)
Ansible Ubuntu artful *
Ansible Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Ansible Ubuntu esm-infra-legacy/trusty *
Ansible Ubuntu trusty *
Ansible Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Ansible Ubuntu upstream *
Ansible Ubuntu xenial *
Ansible Ubuntu yakkety *
Ansible Ubuntu zesty *

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